HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)  Two sisters are asking a judge to invalidate broad confidentiality agreements made with a Pennsylvania Roman Catholic diocese so they can speak publicly about sexual abuse at the hands of a priest more than two decades ago.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Harrisburg by two women says their silence was required in settlements made with the Harrisburg Diocese over sexual abuse by the Rev. Augustine Giella.

New Jersey court records say Giella confessed to fondling one of the girls and taking photos of her unclothed. Giella was facing sexual assault, child endangerment and child pornography charges in Ocean County, New Jersey, when he died in 1993.

A diocese spokesman says it no longer enforces nondisclosure agreements in priest abuse settlements. The sisters’ lawyer says he wants that in writing.